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Father, member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, musician, person who does not excel at genius profile descriptions... https://linktr.ee/samueljonassonmusic
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Brother-in-law and his wife are in town from WY. They were in Salt Lake yesterday for an event and unwittingly got caught in some of the protest. Although they were just trying to find a route thru, some protesters yelled at them and called them racist. SIL was in tears. Folks, that’s not okay.

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Citizens United is among the worst decisions in Supreme Court history. It's allowed billionaires to completely take over our politics and destroy our democracy. There are days when we are reminded just how pernicious that ruling was. Today is one of those days.

submitted 21 days ago • 94 comments

Look beyond Trump and Musk's public blowout to the bigger problem: the infiltration of Big Money in our politics. It has corrupted our democracy — creating a vicious cycle that funnels more wealth and power to those at the top while drowning out the needs of regular Americans.

submitted 21 days ago • 168 comments

"You're still passing too many bills!" 100% this. From a legislature that is full of people who think the word "regulation" is dirty...

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Pillar 5: Address Root Causes of Migration For too long, we've been treating the symptoms of the border crisis instead of addressing its root causes. It's time for accountability from other countries to fight fentanyl and illegal migration.

submitted 45 days ago • 11 comments

The group should be renamed Oligarchs for Worker Repression.

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

I would have liked to hear more specific examples to support his characterization of contempt.

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

1/ Utah Senate Republicans meet today to vote on overriding the veto of HB306, which allows the state to pay vendors using gold. When the $177K price tag scared lawmakers, author and podcaster Kevin Freeman stepped in to personally fund it. tinyurl.com/s5p2spzt

submitted 72 days ago • 2 comments

It is becoming unbelievably difficult to stay both informed and sane

submitted 77 days ago • 330 comments

No. Don’t do this. Don’t normalize this. This is an idea so abhorrent, so rubicon crossing, we don’t return from that hell. El Salvador cannot hold any American. Immigrant citizen asylee.

submitted 76 days ago • 1 comment

Pretty much the same amount Republicans promise to “save” in this budget is what the IRS could have collected from tax cheats and wealthy/sophisticated filers WITHOUT RAISING A SINGLE TAX. But instead somebody somewhere will lose out on healthcare. Stupid and cruel.

submitted 77 days ago • 33 comments

Constant outrage is bound to make us all seriously ill. 😔 I’m setting limits on my consumption of horrible news, and making time to look around and remember there is still kindness, beauty, and love in the world. ☮️💙

submitted 80 days ago • 20 comments

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Agreed. And for the things you must buy (groceries), buy local.

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

Me, too.

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

It is extremely important to buy local now. We've got to support small businesses. They will be hit hard in the coming months.

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

“You can’t lead the people unless you love the people”. Cory Booker

submitted 85 days ago • 1 comment

100%

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

You know, I’d quite like to live in precedented times again, someday

submitted 85 days ago • 8 comments

You know what's a great song? "The Woman Who Planted Trees" by @emilybarkerhalo.bsky.social Inspiring story of one person making a difference. Gorgeous arrangement/instrumentation.

submitted 85 days ago • 1 comment